1、高考英语考前精练试题及详细解析四高考英语考前精练试题及详细解析(四).单项填空从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1_ Mike comes late for the show?Ask Anna to sing a song first and wait for him.AWhat ifBSo whatCIf onlyDWhat about解析:考查交际用语。what if如果将会怎么样;so what那又怎么样;if only但愿;what about怎么样?句意:迈克表演迟到了怎么办?先让安娜唱首歌等他。答案:A2Excuse me!Who will give _ s
2、peech?Miss Ma,_ experienced professor from Beijing University.Athe;/Ba;theCthe;anDa;an解析:考查冠词。第一空speech为两者都知道的,为特指,要用the;第二个空表示Miss Ma的身份,an experienced professor.作Miss Ma的同位语。答案:C3My wife strongly _ me that we should buy a house with three rooms and a study in a garden-like residential community.Ap
3、ersuadedBappointedCencouragedDurged解析:考查动词辨析。句意:我妻子极力劝说我们应该在花园式小区购买一套三居室并带一个书房的房子。persuade劝说;appoint任命;encourage鼓励;urge“力劝”,只有urge后接的宾语从句使用虚拟语气,故选D。答案:D4_ in deep thought,he didnt notice what was going on around.ATo be absorbedBHaving absorbedCAbsorbedDBeing absorbed解析:考查非谓语动词。absorbed前置修饰主语he,作伴随状语
4、,说明主语的状态。句意:沉浸于思考之中,他没有注意到周围发生了什么。答案:C5Wang Mei couldnt face _ day at the work,so she decided to leave it and go up to the north.AotherBanotherCthe otherDothers解析:考查形容词。another(同类中)再一个的,又一的。another day指在未来的日子中的一天。句意:王梅对这份工作连一天也干不下去了,所以她决定放弃工作到北方去。答案:B6His deskmate attaches much importance to a good
5、_ of mind while preparing for an examination;no wonder he has achieved more recently.AconditionBsituationCsenseDstate解析:考查名词辨析。condition条件、状况;situation形势、情况;sense感觉、意识;state状态。句意:他的同桌在备考的时候非常注重良好的心态,难怪他最近取得了更大的成绩。答案:D7In my opinion, it was a difficult game.Really?But actually we _ seven or eight goa
6、ls.Acould scoreBwould scoreCcould have scoredDmust have scored解析:考查情态动词。could have done本可以做成某事,却没做到。句意:我认为这是一场艰难的比赛。但实际上我们可以打进七到八个球。答案:C8We _ his telephone number;otherwise we would have telephoned him.Adont knowBhadnt knownCdidnt knowDwouldnt know解析:考查动词时态。otherwise意为“否则、要不然”,根据其后would have telepho
7、ned的结构,可知前半句是对过去事实的陈述,故用一般过去时。句意:我们当时不知道他的电话号码,要不然我们就会给他打电话了。答案:C9A scientific study is trying to use a watermelon as a(n) _ source of energy to power the car.AproductiveBalternativeCaccessibleDapproachable解析:考查形容词辨析。productive多产的,有效益的;accessible可进入的;alternative可替代的;approachable可接近的。句意:一项科学研究正在试图使用西
8、瓜作为驱动汽车的替代能源。答案:B10The president says that his government will offer all possible assistance it can to Haiti _ by the severe earthquake.AaffectBaffectingCaffectedDbeing affected解析:考查分词短语作定语。句意:总统表示他的政府将给予遭受强烈地震影响的海地尽可能的一切帮助。其中Haiti和动词affect之间应该属于被动关系,故用过去分词短语作定语。答案:C11Li Lei is the only one of my cl
9、assmates giving the right answer,_ my teacher was satisfied yesterday.Awith thatBfor whichCfor whomDwith whom解析:考查定语从句。be satisfied with,“对满意”,所以B和C错误,with whom my teacher was satisfied yesterday为非限制性定语从句修饰主句中的Li Lei,故选D。答案:D12For many people in this industry,_ a big question that the value of using
10、 social networks to reach potential consumers is overestimated.Athere remainsBthey haveCit keepsDit has解析:考查there be句型。句意:对于这个行业的很多人来说,对使用社会网络接触潜在消费者的价值评估过高仍是个大问题。There be句型中的be动词可用一些表示存在意义的动词来取代,如:remain,lie,stand,live,exist等。答案:A13The father is doing his best to persuade his young son to _ the fam
11、ily business after his retirement.Atake upBtake overCtake inDtake back解析:考查动词短语辨析。take over接管,接手;take up占用,占据;take in吸入;take back收回,退回。句意:他的父亲正努力说服他年轻的儿子在他退休后接管家族生意。答案:B14The Shanghai Disneyland theme park under construction now _ to open to the public in 2015.AexpectsBis expectedCwill be expectedDi
12、s being expected解析:考查动词的时态和语态。句意:现在正施工的上海迪士尼公园预计要在2015年对公众开放。对当前发生的事情进行客观陈述用一般现在时。答案:B15Would you like to decorate the wall with a little colour paint?_.AI really prefer whiteBNever mindCIt wont happen againDI cant stand you解析:考查交际用语。句意:你喜欢用彩色涂料装饰墙吗?我真的更喜欢白色。Never mind.没有关系;I really prefer white.我真的
13、更喜欢白色;It wont happen again.不会再发生了;I cant stand you.我无法忍受你。故选A。答案:A.完形填空阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。The first time Luca heard about the Island Of Inventions,he was very young._16_,the island attracted him and _17_ him deeply.Then he started to search for _18_ which might lead him to
14、 that place of wonder.He read hundreds of books and he arrived at quite a clear _19_ of what the Island Of Inventions was like.It was a _20_ place,where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and _21_ useful things together.To get to the secret land,you had to have created something
15、 for human beings.Only then could you receive the special _22_.To get the chance,Luca made every new idea he got into an invention.He would _23_ someone who could help him when he didnt understand something.Soon he met other _24_ people,brilliant inventors too.These young inventors also dreamed of b
16、eing sent “the letter”As time passed,the _25_ of not being sent the letter didnt make them give up.They worked even more _26_ together.Their inventions became known throughout the world,and they managed to _27_ every aspect of life.But even after all that,no invitation came.One day,Luca,already very
17、 _28_,was speaking with a brilliant young man who had written to him to try to _29_ the group.Luca said,“Im _30_ that some day you would receive an invitation and.“Surprised,the young inventor _31_ Luca,“What?You mean this isnt really the Island of Inventions?Isnt the _32_ you sent me the real invit
18、ation?”And,as old as he was,Luca looked around him,and _33_ that his dream had become true in his own house.He also realized that no island could _34_ that would be better than where he was now.Then Luca was overjoyed to tell the young man that he had always been on the _35_.【语篇解读】我们必须树立伟大的人生目标,伴随着努
19、力与坚持,我们会取得超出我们目标的成就。文中的Luca为我们树立了良好的榜样。16A.HoweverBThereforeCMoreoverDOtherwise解析:联系上下文可知,此处说的是:听说发明之岛时,Luca还很小,但这个岛却吸引了他。答案:A17A.affectedBpleasedCdamagedDimpressed解析:发明之岛给Luca留下了深刻的印象。答案:D18A.scholarsBcourageCinformationDmaps解析:根据后文“.which might lead him to that place of wonder.He read hundreds of
20、books.”可知,Luca寻找能够引导他到达发明之岛的信息。答案:C19A.messageBideaCsignalDphoto解析:根据前文“He read hundreds of books.”和后文“It was a _ place,where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and _ useful things together.”可知,通过阅读大量书籍,Luca对发明之岛有了一个清晰的概念。答案:B20A.secretBstrangeCloneDfantastic解析:根据后文“To get to th
21、e secret land.”可知,发明之岛是个神秘的地方。答案:A21A.liveBcreateCcompeteDexplore解析:来自全世界伟大的智者们在这里学习、发明。答案:B22A.invitationBgiftCawardDticket解析:根据第二段“But even after all that,no invitation came.”可知,为人类创造出一些东西后,你才会接到邀请。答案:A23A.catch up withBget familiar withCseek outDpick up解析:根据后文“.who could help him when he didnt un
22、derstand something.”可知,当Luca遇到不懂的地方,他会去找人寻求帮助。答案:C24A.prettyBconfidentCcuriousDyoung解析:根据后文“These young inventors also dreamed of being sent the letter”可知,很快,Luca结识了其他出色的年轻的发明家。答案:D25A.disappointmentBanxietyCdissatisfactionDanger解析:根据后文“.not being sent the letter didnt make them give up.”可知,没有接到邀请信,
23、他们很失望,但他们没有放弃到达发明之岛的念头。答案:A26A.enjoyablyBcloselyCtiredlyDunwillingly解析:根据后文“Their inventions became known throughout the world.”可推知,他们不但没有放弃追求,反而更加精诚合作。他们的发明作品举世闻名。答案:B27A.reflectBimproveCrecordDcontrol解析:根据第一段“.you had to have created something for human beings.”可推知,他们试图改善人们生活的方方面面。答案:B28A.weakBwor
24、riedColdDunsuccessful解析:根据第三段“And,as old as he was.”可知,Luca当时已经老了。答案:C29A.visitBfindCinterviewDjoin解析:通过后文的对话可知,这位年轻人曾经给Luca写信,想加入到他们的团队中。答案:D30A.sureBmotivatedCexcitedDsorry解析:Luca坚信这位年轻人会接到来自发明之岛的邀请。答案:A31A.remindedBinterruptedCtoldDcriticized解析:根据前文“Im _ that some day you would receive an invitat
25、ion and.”可知,这位年轻人打断了Luca的讲话。答案:B32A.bookBcaseCletterDnote解析:根据后文“.you sent me the real invitation?”可知,此处说的是:邀请信。答案:C33A.admittedBknewCrealizedDbelieved解析:根据后文“He also realized.”可知,此处说的是:Luca意识到他的梦想在自己的家里已经实现。答案:C34A.supportBappearCopenDexist解析:Luca认为不存在一个岛,会比他的家还好。答案:D35A.finalBwayClistDisland解析:Luc
26、a告诉年轻人,自己一直在发明之岛。答案:D.阅读理解阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。After 859 days and 6,000 miles,British explorer Ed Stafford became the first man to walk the entire length of the Amazon.He started in Peru,and finished his adventure as he reached the Maruda beach in Brazil.Mr. Stafford dropped at the sid
27、e of the road a few hours before reaching his final destination.But he just stood up and made it to the Maruda beach on Brazils northern coast,accompanied by Sanchez Rivera,31,who had been his partner during the last five months of the whole journey.Mr. Stafford,who always knew that it was possible
28、to walk along the Amazon,said,“It had been quite a hard journey but I just couldnt consider giving up.”Although the Amazon measures 4,000 miles,he had to walk an extra 2,000 miles up and down mountains and through forests to accomplish it.He began on April 2,2008,with walking partner Luke Collyer,37
29、,an instructor of outdoor activities.But before three months were out,the pair had a quarrel.They parted and Mr. Collyer returned to the UK.Mr. Stafford advertised for a new walking partner and was joined by Sanchez Rivera.The pair made their way through Peru,Colombia and Brazil.In Peru,Mr. Stafford and his partner had been put into prison as murder suspects.They were set free after 48 hours.After arriving at the destination,Mr. Stafford said,“All I want now are a fish dish and a nice cold beer.”Ranulph Fiennes,the worlds leading explorer,spo